Fueling at Buffalo July 2021

[@The35211]

Capt. Is Saturday night on the Boat Still Steak Night.

[@marktwained]

YES! Most the fellas like steaks at noon. Backwatch guys tend to prefer evening meal steaks. It’s whichever you prefer. 😉👍🏻👍🏻

[@The35211]

@@marktwained Thanks Capt. Capt. Hooter Invited me on the Old Hortence Ingram for Steak on Sat . Night.We all played music before that.

[@marktwained]

That’s neat stuff.

[@fk4515]

A new Chris Craft, made by Winnebago Industries

[@almirria6753]

How much fuel do you guys take on, & how often do you fuel up?

[@marktwained]

It varies on where we are running. Up north like this area, we doubt usually burn much more than 2,000 gallons a day. On lower Mississippi on hard northbound shove, we can burn 6,000 a day. The boat holds about 100,000 gallons,, but don’t get below 60,000-70,000 as ballast becomes issue., The boat handles best loaded with fuel, but sometimes on Upper Mississippi, in shallower water, we run lighter on fuel purposely for lighter drafts. Usually we take on a minimum of 10,000 gallons. We usually run low on fresh water, before we get low on fuel. Usually fuel every week or two depending on the fuel burn.

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

New subscriber here... I have a long personal history of wondering what it's like to be on a tug, what it looks like inside , locking thru,.... so many questions! And here is this channel, with a very cool captain with this amazing voice who is answering these questions. I've seen barges on the Ohio and the Miss. Loved watching them from Amtrak this summer on the upper part in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Hope you find answers for your back issues. I'm LOVING this channel! Thank you! 😊

[@marktwained]

Glad you enjoy. Hope some of your questions are answered. Back is getting better. 👍🏻

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

@@marktwained so glad to hear that!! 😊

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Awesome video Capt Kyle. Love seeing one a "behind the scenes" kinda thing by getting to see a refuel operation. I was glad to see a Coast Guard ANFAC river boat doing their thing. I was supposed to have gotten a billet on one of those boats that worked out of Chattanooga on the Tenneesee, but it fell through. Had I gotten that boat, I would have reupped for a second enlistment. That was a nice day on the river when you shot this video. The boat captain has got some good taste in coffee and cigars. I liked Punch, Romeo Y Juliettas and Macanudos myself. Hope your back is doing better.

[@electronpusher604]

Hey man, I love your vids. It would be awesome if you could make a video sometime on how pleasure boaters/fisherman should interact with barge traffic.

[@marktwained]

I have some posted, but I agree. It’s a good topic for me talk about. 👍🏻

[@wiz12]

Was it you pushing the Toyota One ?

[@thepubliceye]

I would love to see the engine rooms and mechanicals on the boats.

[@bobbybecker6435]

He has posted previous walkthroughs of engine rooms. Some vessels also have a shop area where they can fabricate their own parts if necessary. Engine rooms are usually unbelievably spotless. Check out the list of videos on the channel.

[@chiefjohnsonBR549]

👍💯👍

[@roblarson5302]

What kind of fuel do you burn? Standard diesel, red dye, DFM,..?

[@marktwained]

Farm diesel, I think it’s red dye stuff. It’s taxed like farm diesel,, I think.

[@kingtut8381]

HEY, CAPT. HAVE YOU EVER STEERED WITH THE NEWEST STEERING SYSTEM USING ONE JOY STICK ? IF SO, DIDJA LIKE IT ?

[@marktwained]

That’s not really anything new. When I was a cub pilot in ‘99 we had those on most vessels. You could switch steering to a little box with joystick with long cord on it. Most of those boats had electric over hydraulic steering. The joystick was rarely if ever used.

[@kingtut8381]

YOUR SON THE TANKERMAN GOING FOR A PILOT, WOW. JUST LIKE CAPT. HORACE BIXBY TEACHING THE RIVER TO SAMUEL CLEMENS

[@marktwained]

He works oilfield nowadays. He inherited family land and house. He’s doing good. 👍🏻

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

Hmmm ? We didn’t actually see the vacuum operating, maybe I just missed that segment! 😂

[@karlreinke]

Love the sound of those EMDs and their distinctive turbo whine.

[@masondiez6470]

Really like when you explain how you do things like this how you explain how you back out of fleet could you do more instructional videos?

[@roblarson5302]

It's like a school field trip in every video

[@bigiron8831]

Does the Army Corp. Of Engineering still run dredging barges to keep the channel clean? 🤔

[@marktwained]

Yes.

[@harthek2000]

could upgrade your camera situation before the next trip if you have few extra bucks? Canon GX7 and a gimbal maybe. Your out there living the dream man! Gotta step up your game. lol

[@marktwained]

I have the good equipment for other projects. 👍🏻😉 I use latest iPhone for most my youtube, nowadays. It’s about equal to my interest and income for the channel.

[@marktwained]

FYI I’m a boat captain..,, so these “extra bucks” are unfamiliar to me. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@harthek2000]

​@@marktwained Didn't mean to upset you Capt.! Was meant to be humor and a suggestion for an upgrade if you were interested. We appreciate you sharing your travels with us!!

[@marktwained]

I didn’t take it negatively. It was honest answer. Glad you enjoy.

[@ohioalphornmusicalsawman2474]

I'm confused Captain!! Buffalo?? Didn't this you guys went on the Great Lakes. Is this Buffalo, Wisconsin?

[@marktwained]

Iowa

[@DPvids24]

cool video love the angle in the wheelhouse

[@radketim]

You know peet’s is owned by Starbucks? Love the African coffees myself.

[@marktwained]

I did not know that. 👍🏻

[@lt1nut]

The Coasties were hauling azz!

[@marktwained]

The unsung heroes of my river career. I’m always a fan of those fellas, yet I’ve cussed them more than a few times. Haha Seriously, a fresh set of buoys is one of my all time favorite things.

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Capt, your love or hate feelings about Coasties, we get a lot of that. Fishing boat captains hate us when we gig them on safety violations or if they violated some rules relating to fishing regs or we bust someone they know for having been smuggling drugs, but if they are sinking offshore and we help them save their boat or pull them out of the water in the middle of a hurricane after their boat went down, they love us. It's a thin line between love and hate. SEMPER PARATUS

[@marktwained]

You nailed it. I have HUGE respect for the men and women of the USCG. I may disagree with some the stuff lawmakers implement, but the actual folks doing the work are great. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@terencegillespie6675]

You knocked down a UPS driver and stole his shorts didn’t you. YOU RIVER FOLKS…

[@cajunnathan4586]

Mice Cigars he's got Class!

[@marktwained]

An expensive habit. 👍🏻👎🏻

[@katienkids6464]

Lol there was no video proof of vacuuming so I would call fail!

[@marktwained]

Haha Getting called out on that. 👍🏻

[@reliancerandom1972]

I have 3 walkie talkies for sale... two of them are about 3 years old used once and one them used once since the battery was replaced about 2 years ago. $150.00

[@marktwained]

I got a garage full of crap. What you want to trade for? I got some books. What you want?